shundo

  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk

    ‘Y’know, Music is a beautiful thing. When I’m reincarnated, I’m gonna come back as a musical…

  • Izumi Shikibu

    From every branchflowers drift and mingle down.Saying “Now!”the spring departs until the paths she takes in…

  • Chan Master Shen Yeng

    ‘We all want to make progress in our practice. For example, when you set out to…

  • Muso

    ‘The teachings of the Patriarchs, as you know, are very different from the elucidations of Buddhist…

  • Issho Fujita

    ‘I still think that “encountering thoughts in relaxation” is a consistent principle in the Buddha’s approach…

  • Norman Fischer

    ‘We’ve been hurt, and we’ve hurt others. Even if we haven’t been hurt too much or…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Whatever practice you do, the point is to practice your way without expecting anything, you know.…

  • Kathryn Schulz

    ‘How we experience suspense is wholly idiosyncratic: some people are simply more susceptible to it than…

  • Dogen

    The true person is 
Not anyone in particular;
But, like like the deep blue colour
Of the limitless…

  • Touzi

    A monk asked, “What about when the golden manacles are not open?”Touzi said, “They are open.”…